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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the best part of G, according to Beatrice?
(a) In the beginning when you feel as if you are floating.
(b) In the beginning when you become two bodies.
(c) In the end when you almost die.
(d) In the middle when you sing.

2. What is unique about the name for yeti lovemaking in the story of the same title?
(a) It is accepted only in Nepal.
(b) There is no phonetic translation.
(c) It is very common.
(d) It is forbidden.

3. In "Los Angeles," what do the ex-boyfriends do with the narrator's children?
(a) Employ them.
(b) Play sports with them.
(c) Ignore them.
(d) Take turns teaching them things.

4. What does the narrator think makes her ex-boyfriend call her again in the story "Yeti Lovemaking"?
(a) A song he heard.
(b) The siren from the firehouse.
(c) A book he read.
(d) Her mating call.

5. What does Beatrice tell Bonnie is her speciality in the story "G" when Bonnie complains that Beatrice waited a long time to tell her she was leaving?
(a) The picking dance.
(b) The robards.
(c) The sea swim.
(d) The French exit.

6. Where is Beatrice living when the story "G" opens?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Beijing.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York City.

7. What are Beatrice's last words in the end of the story "G"?
(a) I hate you.
(b) I do.
(c) Stop it.
(d) You are evil.

8. How long had the narrator been broken up with her boyfriend when she meets the yeti in "Yeti Lovemaking"?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 2 years.

9. In "Oranges," what does Beth have in her apartment that is eye-catching?
(a) Only white walls.
(b) Expensive art.
(c) Weights.
(d) Dolls.

10. What album did Adam once buy for the narrator in "Oranges"?
(a) White Pony.
(b) Exile in Guyville.
(c) The White Album.
(d) Beatles Greatest Hits.

11. What does the back wing of the narrator's house smell like when she opens it up in "Los Angeles"?
(a) Food.
(b) A mildewed church basement.
(c) A spring garden.
(d) Nothing.

12. What is the background of the narrator's ex-boyfriend in "Yeti Lovemaking"?
(a) He is British.
(b) He is Australian.
(c) He is Chinese.
(d) He comes from an "exhausting" Germanic line.

13. What kind of elevator is in the yeti's building in "Yeti Lovemaking"?
(a) Enderson.
(b) Forbic.
(c) Helenic.
(d) Otis.

14. How does the narrator think Adam looks as she is leaving his apartment in "Oranges"?
(a) Trapped.
(b) Sad.
(c) Angry.
(d) Happy.

15. Which ex-boyfriend once beat the narrator in "Los Angeles"?
(a) Aaron.
(b) Fred.
(c) Adam.
(d) Michael.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beatrice say the world does when you are invisible in "G"?

2. Who do the police come to the narrator's house looking for in "Los Angeles"?

3. In "Los Angeles," what car does the narrator often drive?

4. What does Beatrice have trouble doing in the end of the story "G"?

5. How do you take G?

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